Beatrice Sylvia Vianen was born on November 6, 1935, in Paramaribo and died on January 2019.
She was a Surinamese writer.
She goes by the name Bea Vianen.
Bea Vianen had both African and Indian ancestry and spent time in the Netherlands starting in 1957.
Bea Vianen mostly wrote in Dutch, but occasionally in Sranan Tongo.
Vianen's first novel was Sarnami, Hai or "Surinam I am" in 1969.
Vianen was an admirer of the Trinidadian novelist V. S. Naipaul.
Bea Vianen passed away at 83 years old.
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